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Show 1 Dewey's Breakfast Call. ; OWlog lo,-the prominence given to ttiat "brenkfafit oftler" by Dewey, we dip the followtug: I do not exaggerate in theleat when y that, m we hauled off Into the bay, the loom on the bridge rif the ' 'Olympla" wag thleker than a Loadnn iog In 'November. Neither Comnio-4?N Comnio-4?N Dowey nor any of bis btuft bo-lllvcd bo-lllvcd that the Spanish ships had been iifflclautly injured by our flro to pre-a pre-a VftjUt them from ri'iieWliifC tho buttle I ,ltte ns furiously as tboy hud prevb H 'usly fouKht. indeed, wq had all ben m ltliictly disappointed u tho results M fit our fire, Otir projectiles seemed to m o too high or oo lawj'ts1 9 bad M boeh tho case w)tta those flrcd at us by m llio SpauiHrdg. Several Mines the Com-W Com-W odore had expressed dissatisfaction M ltji tho failure of pur irunnor to hit jl the enemy, Wo had begHn tho nrinj? -st-.too jjreat a distanco, but wo hud m JWdiially wprkod in father on each ! ' the turns, until wo were within about 2500 yards at tho oloso of tho cfta ropyd. At that distanco, In u iraooth Rea, wo oUfibt to buvo made a 'rgo percentage of Jiltsj yot, so for as I .W0,could judge, wo bud notsensl-M notsensl-M Wy crippled the foe. Consequently, 'Comniodoro Dowt'y haiilcd out Into tho M pen bay'at iho eud of tho llfth round wtakptock of ammunition and do Tlwanewjilajofuttook. fl '4'bo guti-cuptalns wore well satis- M with tliu results of their work. whothur tbcy,li!id a bo'tter knowledge Jf llio nocnracy of their nlm than wo )"d (. tjle bridOj or Whether they m V'ok It lor Kfantud that the enemy Pinst htve sufficed severely- after o if mueli filtiff, 1 do not kwj but, at ny mte, thoy were eager to "go tm M Mtn tho battle, and Wurtf confident of Vifjory l tyjd (mi) l thorn t hut wo JtviH wqrtly huu1UiCfII Ifor JirV'ak , !' KU I) u u j) lt, wldck -atniVMcNl lclted t(SJ fH!Hi to 0..;L!int)ortoe, m do ckHio past a ninijjent later. ' fx "iVOod'a 8ak.. Japinln, don'tkj Ml pin) iw., To hell with hrsakfaStP When I told tho Commotio thitr i men(lcfl to -altv.lbuto otir wlltidrawal to tho needier breskfust, he Intimated that k A-ftS net i matter of mitch 1m-poUatico 1m-poUatico what rcas'in I gave, so long in I did not glvo the true one. And so tbo breakfast epIaiKlo went to the world i a ptnttflblo cxcutj for what Jjemcd like an extraordinary slrateglQ ;iieuvaroe whleb (ms-ibeen the wbject of more wwtit tiian. almost any other event d;lng the battle. Many people have aht to me that It .would bo a pity to spoil so good a story by telling the truth; but as tho Com. iihkIoi-c wlll.bo ur to let the cat out ,f the Iwg soon, 1 may as-well let her lhave her freedom wow. I'm ''With Dewey at MoiiUm," by Joseph h. Stlek-ni.y, Stlek-ni.y, In IlriKir's Maaue for February. |